I agree that teaching methods are important. There are good books out there.
Hewitt is a good conceptual book.
Knight is a great book (both alg & calc).
Tipler is really good (calc only).
I like Hecht for the bits of history.
Each book has its strengths. To borrow the movie analogy, I am not going to go to the movie Lincoln and complain that there werent enough laughs.
One book wont hit everybodies favorite points.